The cover photo for Black Farm Boys: The Untold Story of the New Farmers ofAmerica is the Randolph NFA Livestock & Poultry Show, circa 1962, from the personal collection of Lorenza Crosby Jr. of La Grange. Dr. Bobby J. Smith II
The Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives will welcome Bobby J. Smith II, associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for a presentation and book-signing at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4 in the library’s meeting room at 855 S. Jefferson St. in La Grange.
Dr. Smith’s newly released book, Black Farm Boys: The Untold Story of the New Farmers of Ameri…
